Find out the available AUART devices
To list the serial port, use:
$ dmesg | grep -i tty
Kernel command line: -e noinitrd console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p3 rw rootwait ip=none gpmi
console [ttyAM0] enabled
mxs-duart.0: ttyAM0 at MMIO 0x80074000 (irq = 47) is a DebugUART
mxs-auart.0: ttySP0 at MMIO 0x8006a000 (irq = 112) is a mxs-auart.0
mxs-auart.1: ttySP1 at MMIO 0x8006c000 (irq = 113) is a mxs-auart.1
mxs-auart.2: ttySP2 at MMIO 0x8006e000 (irq = 114) is a mxs-auart.2
mxs-auart.3: ttySP3 at MMIO 0x80070000 (irq = 115) is a mxs-auart.3
mxs-auart.4: ttySP4 at MMIO 0x80072000 (irq = 116) is a mxs-auart.4
From the above information, we know that the serial port for mxs-auart.0 is /dev/ttySP0 and
mxs-auart.1 is /dev/ttySP1 etc.
Configure the serial port
Use the stty command to configure the serial port for UART communication. For example, to configure the serial port 0 for baud rate 115200, use
$ stty -F /dev/ttySP0 115200 raw
Please also configure the UART device at the other end with the same settings. After this, the serial port is ready to send and receive data.
Read from Serial Port
Simply use the cat command to read the serial port and everything received from the serial port will be printed out in the console.
$ cat /dev/ttySP0
Write to Serial Port
It is just redirect any data to the serial port device
$ cat <file> > /dev/ttySP0
$ echo "hello" > /dev/ttySP0
and you should see the file content and the hello string at the other end.
Hardware Flow Control
To enable the hardware flow control of the UART, simply append the "crtscts" setting in the stty command.
$ stty -F /dev/ttySP0 115200 raw crtscts
If you have enable flow control, please notice that the CTS signal of one end must be connected to RTS of the other end or else the transimission will not start.
